Drinking water has
to be safe and reliable
The General Assembly of the United Nations (UN) has declared 2003 „International Year of Fresh Water“, while Europe and the USA are flying to Mars - partly to look for water. Pessimists and doomsayers might have you believe that this reflects our critical situation on planet earth. It is not quite that bad. Globally speaking, there is enough water. The difficulty lies in the distribution and quality of our available resources. Whereas Canada, Austria or Ireland, have more than enough water, there is too little in Australia, the Middle East and Northern China. The UN draws a dramatic picture in the World Water Report, presented in March 2003. According to the report, of the 9.3 billion people who will be living on earth by 2050, as many as seven billion will go thirsty.

Contents

Application I    Page 4 - 7
Drinking-water: GERSTEL Twister
sniffs out causes of bad odors

Application II     Page8 / 9
Water: Analysis of 60 volatile
compounds with headspace GC

GERSTEL worldwide    Page 10 / 11
Overview

News     Page 12 / 13
MPS: Enhanced productivity and
flexibility for gas chromatograpy

Application III     Page14 - 17
ChemSensor: As good as a
Sensory Panel for Rating carpets

Analysis    Page 18 - 19
Pesticide Analysis: A novel
fast technique with ultra-low
detection limits

GERSTEL Solution worldwide No 4 (pdf)